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US 4,231,135 AGranted
Flexible and sewable hinge
OwnerRaymond Fradininventor
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Abstract
A hinge with two elongated flexible flange portions which can be fastened to an article by sewing or stapling. Each flange portion includes a plurality of integral aligned knuckles which engageably cooperate with the knuckles in the other whereby a pin can be passed through the knuckles of each flange portion forming an elongated hinge.
Claims5
A flexible and sewable hinge comprising:
- a pair of elongated generally flat flanges of a resilient, flexible and pliable material, an aligned series of evenly spaced tubular cylindrical knuckles formed integrally with one elongated edge of each said flange with the spacing of the knuckles in the second flange to be inserted into the spaces between the knuckles in the first flange whereby upon such insertion, the tubular portion of all of the knuckles in both of said flanges are in an aligned relationship, a flexible and pliable hinge pin with a tubular cross section and sized to be inserted through the tubular portion of all of said knuckles of both flanges when they are in said aligned relationship, means for retaining said pin in the aforestated position, and an elongated rod sized to be slideably inserted substantially through the entire tubular center of said hinge pin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.